Gauge plate adjusting device for meat cutting machines



Dea 30, 1947.

W- COHEN 2,433,600

GAUGE PLATE ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR MEAT CUTTING MACHINES Filed July 16, 1945 lINVEN TOR. A//a/,aw Cof/N Patented Dec. 30, 1947 UNITED GAUGE PLATE ADJUSTING'DEVICEI FOR MEAT CUTTING MACHINES William Cohen, Detroit, Mich.

Application July'16, 1945, Serial No. .605,322

5 Claims. (Cl. 14S-102) This invention relates to meat slicing or sawing machines, and more particularly to an adjustable slide mechanism therefor to regulate the thickness of the slice cut.

It is .the object of the present invention to provide a slide support for-the slice regulating plate of a meat cutting or sawing machine.

It is the object herein to provide manually operable means for locking the slice regulating plate in any desired adjusted position relative to the machine cutting means.

It is the further object herein to provide gear means associated with said slice regulating plate, together with manually operable friction means for locking said gear means in any relative adjusted position.

These and other objects will be seenfrom the following specification and claims inconjunction with the appended drawing, of which:

Fig. lis a fragmentary perspective View of a meat cutter embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2 is an elevational section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

It will be understood that said gures illustrate erely a preferable embodiment of the invention a that other embodimentsare contemplated wit in the ,scope of the -claims hereinafter set out.

In the drawing, the meat slicing or cutting machine comprises a base II, with a pair of transverse spaced guide rails I2, upon which is reciprocally mounted meat supporting table I3.

Said table is transversely reciprocal relative to the vertical saw I4 or rotating cutter blade, whose teeth r cutting edge -lie in a plane parallel to the direction of movement of table I3.

Vertical slice regulating plate I longitudinally adjustable on base I I at right angles to the direction of movement of reciprocal table I3 is adapted to define an adjustable spaced relation relative to saw I4 for regulating the thickness of the slice of meat to be cut. The meat supported on table I3 has one end thereof projected against plate I5 and is adapted for sliding movement relativethereto towards and away from saw I4.

Said regulating plate I5 has a supporting arm IB secured within the top of slide I1 which is adapted to longitudinal reciprocal sliding movement relative to base II under manual application of handle I8.

Slide I1 is adapted to reciprocal sliding movement upon longitudinal slide support I 9 which is secured at its ends by studs to base I I.

Rack bar 2| reciprocally slidable relative to the under Side of slide support I9, is retained in 2 sliding engagement relatively thereto by supporting block 22 to which it is secured by studs 23. Said block is also securedby studs 26| to reciprocal slide I'I, whereby longitudinal motion imparted thereto by handle I8 eiects a corresponding longitudinal adjusting motion of rack bar 2|.

Though not essential, it may be desirable to employ a secondary slide 25 adapted for sliding movement on support I9 with a depending portion thereof secured to rack bar 21| by studs'26.

lAs best illustrated in Fig. 2, stationary shaft 21 .threaded into base I| and extending therefrom,;provides a journalfor idler pinion 28 which is inmesh with the teeth of rack bar 2|. Brake bushing 29 centrally and loosely carried on shaft 2.1 is adapted for longitudinal movementsthereon. relative to the sidewall 30 of pinion 28.

iBrake disc 3| with handle 32 is centrally threaded on the outer end of shaft `2'I, and adapted for arcuate movement thereon. Clock- Wise rotation of said disc projects the same longitudinally on said shaft till it engages bushing 2li-,and projects the latter into frictional engagement with surface 3B of pinion 28.

Sucient pressure on .bushing 29 and pinion 28 projects said pinion into frictional braking engagement with washer 33 on said shaft interposed between said pinion and base I I, for effectively locking said pinion against rotation. Said pinion in mesh with rack gear 2| thus locks the latter and slice regulating plate I5 joined thereto in any desired longitudinally adjusted position. Handle 32 is likewise locked in the position shown in Fig. 1.

To release said pinion and plate I5, handle 32 is rotated counterclockwise to engage stop bar 34 which is secured to and extends outwardly from base II substantially parallel to handle I 8 on slide II,

Disc 3| is projected to the right relatively to its supporting shaft 21 releasing bushing 29 from frictional engagement with pinion 28. It will be undertood that with said bushing and disc in release position, slide I'I and slice regulating plate I5 are free for manual reciprocal sliding adjusting movement upon base I| and slide support I3 secured thereto. To lock said plate in the desired adjusted position, handle 32 is merely rotated clockwise to the extreme position limited by the frictional contact between disc 3|, bushing 29, gear 28 and washer 33.

Though not essential, lit may be desirable to secure plate 35 c-n the opposite side of slide l1 and rack gear 2|, with studs 23 and 24 extending into said plate, Said plate thus cooperates .gear means for preventing rotative motion with block 22 in slidably supporting rack gear 2l relative to slide support I9.

Having described my invention, reference should now be had to the claims which follow for determining the scope thereof.

I claim:

1. In a meat cutting machine having a base and reciprocal meat supporting table thereon, a reciprocal slide adjustably mounted on said base for sliding movements transverse to the movement of said table, a slice regulating plate ex..

tending from and carried by said slide, gear means carried by said slide, rotatable gear means which said rotatable gear means is journaled,

in mesh with said slide gear means, a non;-

rotatable shaft projecting from said base upon which said rotatable gear means is journaled,

and manually rotatable means on said shaft engagement with said rotatable gear means for f preventing rotative motion thereof.

2. In a meat cutting machine having a base and reciprocal meat supporting table thereon, a reciprocal slide adjustably mounted on said base for sliding movements transverse to the movement of said table, a slice regulating plate extending from and carried by said slide, gear means carried by said slide, rotatable gear means in mesh with said slide gear means, a non-rotatable shaft projecting from said base upon which said rotatable gear means is journaled, and manually rotatable means threaded on said shaft adapted for longitudinal axial movement thereon for frictional engagement with said rotatable thereof.

3. In a meat cutting machine having a base and reciprocal meat supporting table thereon, a reciprocal slide adjustably mounted on said base for sliding movements transverse to the vmove'- ment of said table, a slice regulating plate extending frorn and carried by s'aid'slide, gear means carried by said slide, rotatable gear means in mesh with said slide gear means, a nonrotatable shaft projecting from said base upon which said rotatable gear means is journaled, and a manually rotatable disc threaded on said shaft adapted for longitudinal axial movement manually rotatable means threaded on said shaft adapted for longitudinal axial movement thereon,

'and friction means loosely carried on said shaft Y intermediate said rotatable gear means and said manually rotatable means.

45. In ameat cuttingrnachine having a base and reciprocal meat supporting table thereon, a reciprocal slide adjustably mounted on said base for sliding movements transverse to the movement of said table, a slice regulating plate ex tending from and carried by said slide, a rack bar carried by said slide, -a rotatable pinion in mesh with said rack bar, a non-rotatable shaft projecting from said base upon which Vsaid pinion is journaled, a manually rotatable disc threaded on said shaft adapted for longitudinal axial movement thereon, and a friction bushing loosely carried on said shaft intermediate said pinion and said disc.

WILLIAM COHEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

.UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain Jan.' 21, rss2 

